Jared Olanoff, Jones’ lawyer, asked Judge Richard J. Carey to dismiss charges against Jones, saying the prosecution has not followed a November court order to give the defense detailed information about the federal informant used in the case.

Carey said he would not dismiss charges, but he reduced Jones’ bail amount, which had been $50,000 cash until Tuesday.

Jones was released from the Hampden County Correctional Center late Tuesday afternoon pending a new trial date of May 25 for the drug dealing allegations.

Under personal surety provisions, the person must return for future court dates or be held liable — if the surety collection is pursued by the government — for the surety amount.

After Jones’ bail amount was reduced in Hampden Superior Court, Jones went before District Court Judge William J. Boyle to address bail in a pending larceny case in that court.

Bail had been revoked in the larceny case when domestic assault charges were brought against Jones in District Court.

But since the domestic assault case was dropped, Boyle put bail in the larceny case at $1,000 cash. That bail was paid Tuesday.

Carey told Assistant District Attorney Donna S. Donato he would postpone Friday’s trial date for Jones and two co-defendants to May 25, but told her the prosecution must comply with the order for informant information.

“It’s a court order. It’s detailed and it hasn’t been complied with,” Carey said. He said he wasn’t accusing the prosecution of negligence or laziness but “the defendant has a point.”

Donato said she was not the original prosecutor on the case and has tried and will try some more to get information about the informant from the FBI.

She said the prosecution will not call the informant as a witness at the trial.

Donato said there is video of drug deals that can prove the state’s case without the informant.

Olanoff argued a trial would not be fair to Jones if the defense has not got all the information about the informant’s record of work for the federal government, as well as any consideration he got on criminal cases against him for that work.

Olanoff said the informant is the person who asked Jones to buy drugs for him.

Tracy E. Duncan, lawyer for co-defendant Raheem Reid, 37, said she will seek to get the case against her client dismissed.

Richard J. Rubin, lawyer for co-defendant Alfred Reid, 32, said the prosecution has no case against his client without the testimony of the informant.